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PBS Article Rating

AP report: FDA's top tobacco regulator removed from post in latest blow to health agency's leadership

  • Bias Rating

    -24% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    35% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    -42% Medium Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    -60% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

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-20% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : In recent years, the FDA's tobacco center has been besieged by criticism from all sides including congressional lawmakers, anti-smoking advocates, and tobacco and vaping companies.
56% : Politicians, parents and anti-tobacco groups want the FDA to do more to stamp out unauthorized vaping products that can appeal to teens, many of which are imported from China.
48% : The Vapor Technology Association, an industry group, has been running ads urging Trump to follow through on a campaign pledge he made to "save the flavored vaping industry.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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